FFI’s selection committee headed by producer C V Reddy selected “Newton” as India’s official entry at Oscars 2018. Starring Rajkummar Rao and directed Amit Masurkar’s Newton hit the screens today on 22ndSeptember. Of the 26 entries this year, this flick was unanimously chosen.

Newton is a political satire of an honest election officer’s attempt to conduct a free and fair elections in a conflict-hit area of Chhatisgarh.

Rajkummar told PTI, “It is a really honest film and we are already getting an overwhelming response. We will put all our energies to take the film forward”. The director termed it as a day of “double celebration”